There are many ways to eat sweets and desserts. I prefer tongue-in-cheek.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Sweet Me Creamery

Jewel-Osco and Mariano’s now carry an ice cream brand they didn’t before, Sweet Me Creamery out of St. Paul, MN. I bought one of the flavors with a
smug “ho-ho, try to impress me attitude,” snarfed the whole pint in one sitting
and then bought the available product line on my next trip. Here are my notes:

Salted Caramel Brownie – Chewy, fudgy brownies with sweet,
runny caramel. (The salt content is thankfully low. Salt should subtly complement, not pull focus.) Usually, my complaint about brownie-based ice cream is that they
are in vanilla ice cream instead of chocolate. Not with this flavor. It all
comes together to be the best brownie sundae I’ve had, albeit mixed together. This flavor has earned a place among my Freezer Favorites.

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler – This flavor was the first I tried from Sweet Me and, while I didn't intend to, I snarfed the whole pint in one sitting. A fruit swirl isn't as nice as actual fruit mixed in to ice cream and the rhubarb flavor didn't register for my tastebuds, but the rest of it was so good, who cares? The vanilla base is excellent, perfectly complementing the crispy cobbler bits.

Creamy Dark Chocolate Mint – The best mint ice cream is chocolate mint ice cream. This one solidifies that opinion. As I've stated before, chocolate ice cream rarely tastes like actual chocolate; adding mint to it aligns it quickly with Thin mints, the finest of chocolate mint products. Still, this particular chocolate ice cream isn't the best of the Sweet Me Creamery product line. The chocolate chips are thin, offering more crunch than flavor.

Chocolatey Peanut Butter Pretzel – The mention of chocolate in the name is
symbolic at best. The flavor is principally peanut butter, though some crunchy
bits of peanut add some originality to the mix. Surprisingly, the pretzels stay
keep their crunch for the most part. Too much of the peanut butter, not enough
of the sweet. But that’s how I feel about most peanut butter desserts...Most
remind me too much of elementary school lunch or something.

Maple Toffee Blondie – The maple is strong with this one and
the caramel is plentiful enough to push the flavor just over the edge to go
from sweet into cloying. The blondies are of a similar texture as the brownies
in Sweet Me's other flavors, but less flavorful.

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About Me

I don’t claim to know the most about ice cream, but in my age bracket I’ve gotta be in the 93rd percentile. And since no rewards, scholarships, or grants are given for this, I have taken the next logical step: blogging.